MOSCOW: The Russian rouble slightly weakened against the US dollar on Tuesday. By 0715 GMT, the rouble was 0.23% lower at 92.80 to the dollar after trading in a range of 92.490 to 92.878.

Against the euro, the rouble fell 0.26% to 100.69 and dropped 0.19% to 12.80 against the yuan.

The most active Brent crude oil futures, a global benchmark for Russia’s main export, fell 0.1% to $85.99 a barrel. Russian stock indexes rose.

Russian rouble recovers some ground against US dollar

The dollar-denominated RTS index rose 0.04% to 1,116.07.

The rouble-based MOEX Russian index gained 0.15% to 3,286.54.